rural hospitals

Although 25 percent of Americans live in rural areas, only 10 percent of doctors do. Finding physicians willing to live on the prairie is a serious problem in Kansas. Kearny County Hospital had that problem. The small hospital is rural, very rural with five people per square mile, but the little hospital has found a solution according to a recent article by the Kansas Health Institute.

There are a number of factors making it hard for rural hospitals to make ends meet. Colorado Matters explores those issues, as well as the effects of sequestration and the Affordable Care Act. Listen to the podcast.